By Ray Hamill — It probably won’t surprise anyone on the North Coast who had to go up against him in recent years, but former Eureka star Isaak Gutierrez will start for […]
At the age of 10, having failed in his lifelong ambition to become a vigilante vampire werewolf – otherwise known as a vamp-wolf – Ray Hamill finally admitted defeat and turned his attention full-time to daydreaming instead.
A mere few decades later, the world of crime fighting’s loss is now the literary world’s gain.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Ray moved to the United States after graduating college, spending time in Boston and San Francisco before settling among the redwoods in Northern California, where he has worked as a journalist for the past 20 years.
In that time he has published three books, including his most recent, Help, My Horse is Drowning!, a humorous look at the world of sports and the life of the enthusiastically delusional athlete in us all.
He previously published the outrageously satirical Free the Leprechauns! as well as the semi-autobiographical Help Me, Im Irish! - a book about the non-meaning of life.
Ray is also the host of a weekly sports talk radio show broadcast locally in Northern California on Blue Ox Community Radio, and a sports blog at barstoolfanatics.com.
By Ray Hamill — It probably won’t surprise anyone on the North Coast who had to go up against him in recent years, but former Eureka star Isaak Gutierrez will start for […]
By Ray Hamill — The early season MaxPreps football rankings are in and it makes for good reading for some H-DNL teams If the North Coast Section playoffs were to kick off this […]
Orion Cosce comfortably improved to 5-0 as a pro MMA fighter on Saturday night, winning the main event at the Bear River Casino fight night. In an entertaining night of action, Cosce […]
By Ray Hamill — Two weeks into the 2019 prep football season and only two of the nine local varsity teams have managed a win. Admittedly, three of the seven teams yet […]
By Ray Hamill — Four local teams were in action at the McKinleyville Invitational Soccer Tournament over the weekend, and if early signs are anything to go by it could be a […]
By Ray Hamill — Jake Hanson’s season got off to a disappointing start on Saturday night, as the Oregon Ducks’ national championship ambitions took an early hit. In one of the most […]
Hartnell College not only beat the heat but the rest of the field as well, taking first as a team in both the men’s and women’s races at Saturday’s College of the […]
By Ray Hamill — The McKinleyville and Del Norte JVs are off to an impressive start in football this season, with each turning in another strong performance on Friday night. The Panthers […]
The College of the Redwoods men’s soccer team kicked off the new season this week, with back-to-back road games on Thursday and Friday. The Corsairs fell 4-2 to Mendocino in their opener […]
By Ray Hamill — An injury to a key player did not help matters for the McKinleyville Panthers at Willits on Friday night. Neither did some poor tackling and their inability to […]
By Ray Hamill — St. Bernard’s quarterback Will Omey and receiver Logan Petrusha made it look easy on the second of six St. Bernard’s touchdowns on Friday night. The senior quarterback found […]
By Ray Hamill — The Eureka Loggers lost another exciting game on Friday night, falling 17-14 to Windsor at Albee Stadium. Offensively, the Loggers failed to ignite for much of the night […]
By Ray Hamill — The Loggers had their chances against a good Windsor team, but ultimately were unable to come up with the big play when it mattered most, falling 17-14 at […]
The St. Bernard’s Crusaders overcame some sloppy play and mental mistakes on the way to overwhelming the Warriors 39-14 in Hoopa on Friday night. Senior quarterback Will Omey threw for six touchdowns […]
The Del Norte Warriors maintained their impressive start to the season, albeit against a less than stellar opponent, running out to a 62-0 win at home to Yreka on Friday night. In […]
By Ray Hamill — It’s been an eventful summer for College of the Redwoods volleyball. With a handful of players leaving the team before the first competitive game for various reasons, things […]
By Ray Hamill — Some of the best local MMA talent will be in action at Saturday’s Bear River Casino fight night, and for at least one fighter, it might be one […]
By Ray Hamill — College of the Redwoods announced on Friday afternoon that the school’s football team will play four of five home games this season at Humboldt State’s Redwood Bowl. The […]
Last week saw a number of impressive season opening performances by local prep football teams, none more so than Del Norte, according to Humboldt Sports readers. We asked our readers which team […]
By Ray Hamill — With his next big fight just a little over a week away, local pro MMA fighter Cass Bell had an injury scare during training this week. On Thursday, […]